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This guy is an embarrassment to the fire service. He put his own agenda ahead of public safety. Maybe he should have followed the actions of the chief in front of him and not like some careless idiot. It was an abuse of the towns vehicle and the privilege of driving an emergency vehicle. I think the major difference here being that he is a volunteer, is that had he been a career chief he would probably have been fired. In this case he carries on with his life, while this woman had to suffer because of his recklessness. Hopefully this has taught him a valuable lesson. None of us are exempt from negligence when it comes to driving to an emergency. Slow and steady wins the race.

EXACTLY! This wannabe is only sorry that he was exposed for the pathetic poser that he is, and now that all of his cronies know the truth! Of all the things to pretend to be this is a new low. It's like slapping all of those who ACTUALLY were there and still deal with the horror of that day. Unbelievable......

RIP FF Townes , you have made the ultimate sacrifice, thank you for your service.

Thank you for your sacrifice, you are truly a HERO. RIP brother

RIP BROTHER,YOU MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS.

Correct that the fire service is constantly evolving, but sometimes it seems that every department in gods creation has at least three brand new suv's. Maybe its me but as a taxpayer I would rather see that money better spent, maybe on a more fuel efficient vehicle, or some new tools for firefighters. You take a look at some of the departments in lower westchester, the bigger cities, and they don't have the newest and greatest of vehicles or apparatus for that fact. IMO money could be spread a little farther by saving a buck here and there, starting with vehicles and fuel.

What ever happened to the time where there weren't chiefs vehicles for all of the chiefs? They used their personal vehicles and maybe recieved some sort of compensation for their gas and lights and sirens. There weren't 3 brand new suv's with lights and radios everywhere. Why did that work for so many years? And now municipalities are raising taxes, cutting budgets including fire/ems and police, just read the news papers. I have seen plenty of personal vehicles with red lights, any many with no markings, at fire scenes. Alot of dept's don't give their members anything for responding to calls with personal vehicles, it is "part of the job" of being in an emergency services department, a personal choice and maybe a small sacrifice. Going back to old practices in regards to the vehicle issue might not be a bad idea.

Captain, are there any requirements mandating Dept's to issue these rope systems by a certain time, or who can actually train firefighters on them?

Imagine that, someone who won't be in charge for more than a few years having a say in who will be hired for a career that will be at least 20 years, when that person has never held that job. Sounds like a flaw in the system to me.

Sobering but unfortunately true. Seems to be the norm around here.......

Buisness as usual means exactly that! It should have read nothing as usual, I can't recall there EVER being many if not any people there.I believe there are only a few active firefighters from there anyway.

Rodent infestation.Odor of diesel in the career quaters.

Exactyl!

It is highly unlikely,damn near impossible.On occasion at a working structure fire there is a good turnout.

Could you imagine the liability that would open up a municipality to?